StandOffHalf Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Carrigan was fantastic on debut and Munster was a jack-in-the-box, with his zip and ebullience being a real point of difference. An intense and hugely engrossing 80 minutes of football. Probably the most I've enjoyed an Origin clash for a number of years. I was disappointed in Cleary and Lua'i. I thought Gus Gould was bang-on in saying that Munster's off-the-cuff qualities were much more threatening than the up-and-down predictability from the NSW halves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Why can’t Tedesco a) never find a jersey that fits , and b) keep his shorts up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 great stuff but lets hope some of those players on display opt for the emerging nations teams in the wc and not australia and things could be on a much more even keel see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 11 hours ago, DavidM said: Why can’t Tedesco a) never find a jersey that fits , and b) keep his shorts up. Good to see you focusing on the hot issues David. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunsletgreenandgold Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Everything about SOO gives me hope for the future of RL....if the want and will is there. On a side note, the only disappoint for me yesterday was that Ray Warren (Rabs) is no longer on commentary. I know he's made the odd gaffe in recent years, but nobody could exude the intensity of Origin like him. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 I didn’t really understand Fittler’s bench. It was interesting when Joey was asked how he gets Crichton on and he had no idea . As it happened Staggs got injured, but it seemed strange having a specialist centre on the bench . They had Matterson who could cover second row or centre as well as 13 , and Murray , and one big middle in Paulo . Carrigan and Collins for Queensland gave a great double punch off the bench and of course Grant is dynamic … and Nanai . They all added something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 15 minutes ago, DavidM said: I didn’t really understand Fittler’s bench. It was interesting when Joey was asked how he gets Crichton on and he had no idea . As it happened Staggs got injured, but it seemed strange having a specialist centre on the bench . They had Matterson who could cover second row or centre as well as 13 , and Murray , and one big middle in Paulo . Carrigan and Collins for Queensland gave a great double punch off the bench and of course Grant is dynamic … and Nanai . They all added something I was amazed he put Crichton on the bench in the first place instead of Hynes. With both his passing and running threat, Hynes would have been very handy in the last 20/25 minutes. 1 "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. "If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?" — Sam Harris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 I see State of Origin 1 got an average of 2.937 million viewers. It is almost incomprehensible for a UK Rugby aleague fan to see that State of Origin has the biggest audience of any TV programme this year so far. Not just sports programmes but all TV shows. 1 "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. "If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?" — Sam Harris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 10 minutes ago, Dunbar said: I see State of Origin 1 got an average of 2.937 million viewers. It is almost incomprehensible for a UK Rugby aleague fan to see that State of Origin has the biggest audience of any TV programme this year so far. Not just sports programmes but all TV shows. All depends what the other programmes were, if Ghost versus the German Jubilee was anything to go by no contest. I watched it and it was a good match. No Biff worthy of the name though. 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita Bath Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, Oxford said: All depends what the other programmes were, if Ghost versus the German Jubilee was anything to go by no contest. I watched it and it was a good match. No Biff worthy of the name though. Maybe thats what made it a good match….and onethat attracted so many viewers. The biff is overrated and our game is much the better for its absence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 8 minutes ago, Anita Bath said: Maybe thats what made it a good match….and onethat attracted so many viewers. The biff is overrated and our game is much the better for its absence Phillistine! Barbarian! 1 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rocket Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 09/06/2022 at 22:26, Dunbar said: I see State of Origin 1 got an average of 2.937 million viewers. It is almost incomprehensible for a UK Rugby aleague fan to see that State of Origin has the biggest audience of any TV programme this year so far. Not just sports programmes but all TV shows. And the second one rated over 3.1m could easily hit 3.2 once the 7 day consolidated figures come in. Also in the crowd at Perth : No less than 60 members of the touring England rugby union team — including coach Eddie Jones and assistant Anthony Seibold — attended Origin II ahead of their Test against the Wallabies at the same venue on Saturday night. “We were behind the goalposts, which gave us a really good perspective of the shapes and plays,” Seibold said when tracked him down during England training. “The players loved it. Guys like [fly-half] Marcus Smith were keen to watch Cameron Munster and Nathan Cleary and they were impressed. And Eddie, coming from NSW, was happy with the result.” Interesting that they obviously know of Munster and Cleary. I`d love to know what they really think of League when it is played at the highest level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 1 hour ago, The Rocket said: And the second one rated over 3.1m could easily hit 3.2 once the 7 day consolidated figures come in. Excellent numbers. Back to all midweek next year so will be interesting to see how that shows up. "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. "If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?" — Sam Harris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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